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What the Fathers say
Eastern Fathers
Theophylact of Ohrid
The demons asked this so that they could drown the swine, and thus the owners would be grieved and would not welcome Christ.
Western Saints
Gregory the Dialogist
For the Devil knows that of himself he has no power to do any thing, because it is not of himself that he exists as a spirit.
Hilary of Poitiers
The dæmons seeing that there is no longer any place left for them among the Gentiles, pray that they may be suffered to dwell among the heretics; these, seized by them, are drowned in the sea, that is, in worldly desires, by the instigations of the dæmons, and perish in the unbelief of the rest of the Gentiles.
Thomas Aquinas
If you cast us out, send us out into the swine. But why did they not ask that he send them into men? Because they saw that he was solicitous about caring for men. But why into the herd of swine? Because they were close by. Also because it is a very unclean animal. So, to designate uncleanness, he permits them to enter the swine. And this seems to be signified in Job (41:3): "Will he multiply supplications to you? Will he speak soft words to you?"
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